Listen to Sarah Palin live, 6th district showdown, find a sample ballot: Today in state politics

Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin addresses several hundred people at The Conference Center at The Wharf in Orange Beach on Friday, April 25, 2014. (Brian Kelly/bkelly@al.com)

Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin will be in North Alabama tonight to speak to graduates of New Hope High School. Tickets to the event are sold out but it's easy to watch what she says live.

The New Hope graduation will be available via livestream starting at 8 p.m. and you can watch it here. Who knows? Maybe she will deliver another "pitbull wearing lipstick" line.

Candidate Will Brooke is challenging one of his Republican primary opponents, Chad Mathis, to a debate after Mathis and an organization that has endorsed Mathis ran ads against Brooke. Mathis and Brooke are two of seven candidates in the AL-06 Republican primary. Scott Beason, Paul DeMarco, Gary Palmer, Robert Shattuck, and Tom Vigneulle are also running.

Let's say you are curious about the Democratic candidates in Calhoun County. All you have to do is go here, select Calhoun County and Democrats and you will see voter information and then a link to a sample ballot.